I agree! Just saying what some others say.
Bottom line for us…3 teams played with winning records. UGH!

Solid win. Defense gave up 2 massive TDs on blown coverages. Take those out and it was another dominating performance. Thompson & Houston still just incredible to watch.

Offense was better, opened it up a bit more. Hopefully that continues next week and into a bowl game.

Can't believe how good Miami has been this season. Ass hats.

Look guys, I am one of the lucky posters here. I was actually at OU forthe one and only MAC Championship. I have. Since then, seen the good, bad, and ugly of OHIO football. All that time waiting for one more Championship before leaving this Earth. If there ever was a year…with a weak schedule and one league must win…Miami…which we failed. So, yes it is frustrating and disappointing that we couldn’t get it done again this year. I guess Bo was right. We can play football until hell freezes over and we will never win a second MACC. That appears to be the reality of it. I really hope we can change that reality. I will keep buying season tickets and attending games as long as I can hoping for that elusive Championship year!

Some of us actually watched the game and didn't google the box score at the end.

We've talked about this a dozen times... some are just happy to be here, some are just stoked we're not as bad as we could be, some are elated just to see 8 wins. Some people don't have expectations. They don't watch games. They watch the one bowl game and are mad at anyone who had an opinion throughout the season, bc you know what dadgummit... they could be as bad as they were when my parents were in college.

We're 8-3 - and that's fantastic - I'm thrilled - jazzed even - I might even get shirt - but we're damn lucky because this offense has regressed historically. That's not being negative, that's being observant. We should be undefeated. We've only played 3 .500 teams. At minimum we should be 10-1. Its okay to have expectations! You'll be okay if you expect a senior laden team to improve weekly!

Many of us are capable of watching objectively and seeing the same things that have plagued us all year continue. And THAT, is the issue. Only now we have one of the best rosters in school history that can overcome. What happens when you don't have 2 grad students at LB to cause havoc? What happens when you don't have (16? 17?) senior+ starters who can gut out some tough wins?

I'm sorry your delicate sensibilities have been rattled by myself and others calling out these clear issues, constant false starts, this slow lackadaisical scheme and the fact we had a chance to slam the door and instead ran three plays directly into the pile and punted. That's the story of the offense all year.

It took some cirque du soleil stuff from Thompson to shut the QB down on 4th down to finally put it away. If he doesn't back flip over the line like American Ninja Warrior... who knows?

Just getting bye and not being as bad as we were in 1973 isn't how I want to be a fan of any team. We should ALL have expectations, we should expect better.

During the post game presser, someone asked a question mentioning "Kurtis's last game in Peden".

Correct me if I am wrong, but he does have another year of eligibility - correct?

For the record we have won five MAC football championships - 1953, 1960, 1963, 1967 & 1968. I was there for the last two. The Bo Schembechler quote actually happened after the 1967 season. We had lost to Kent State who had used an ineligible player (Ted Chester) who caught a TD pass against us. With the forfeit we became co-champs - thus the Bo quote. We beat Bo 24-7 in ‘68; at the end of the season he was off to Ann Arbor.

 

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Graduated in 2013. I know the drill and I'm just as disappointed as everyone else but shared that disappointment two weeks ago, not last night. It was clear then that Miami wasn't going to lose 2 of their final 3 games.

I remember losing MAC Championship Games against CMU, NIU, WMU, and last year against Toledo. I remember getting frustrated at Frank Solich's shortcomings and wanting more.

I also know about the struggles before Solich came to Ohio and know how important back-to-back 10 win seasons would be for this program.

I'm not in "MAC Championship or Bust" mode. Going 10-3 with a bowl win still means something to me. Doesn't take the pain away of falling short in the MAC East but I'm not going to continue dwelling about it for weeks.

So, you think Bo put a curse on us with that Hell-freezing-over comment? At the time it was widely interpreted as referring to us not deserving the championship because we backed in due to the KSU forfeit. Now, I suppose, it could have two meanings -- an immediate and a prophetic one.

OCF it must be prophetic, have we won a championship since he said that?😂

Obviously, I was there for the one in 1968. I guess he gave us a one year reprieve.